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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
5
The Women’s Club Bulletin announces a Dec 30 lecture at Colonial Hall at 4 p m by Dr G W Fitz of Harvard Medical School on The Physiological Life. The January 2 calendar lecture has been postponed to a later date. Cana
An essay contrasts young women's conduct between society and business life, defending working girls from harsh judgment and stressing self-respect. It compares characters Fanny and Kitty, urges firm adherence to womanly grace, and ends with a homely recipe for ginger cakes reflecting domestic arts from the era.
The column notes persistent gossip about Hobson and Miss Ludlow and quashes it. It highlights Ida Harper's humor, the Homemakers league, and doll distributions by Vassar and Wellesley students. It questions domestic science in colleges and urges self-improvement as the year begins, with a focus on Fanny’s social struggles and maternal influence in courting.
A historical note discusses the pattern of linking famed men with glamorous partners. It cites Marconi’s reported engagement to Miss Holman of Indianapolis after meeting in 1899 aboard the St. Paul, with claims of “love at first sight” and her interest in his wireless experiments.
Miss Eleanor Ludlow denies engagements to Captain Richard P. Hobson of the Navy though rumors link her as his fiancee. The tale involves Governor Bushnell and family members as asserting truth while both parties deny it. The Ohio social figure is described as highly beautiful and long friends with Hobson.
Instructions for garnish ideas using beets and beet vinegar to color hard boiled eggs and salads. Details include pickling eggs in beet vinegar for red eggs, stuffing them, layering lettuce with red pepper borders, and using shrimps for salad garnishes. Methods to color gelatin or candies with beet juice spinach juice and egg yolk color.
To prepare one can of peas with milk and butter combine peas with half a pint of boiling water until tender, then strain and mix into hot milk. Simmer in a double boiler with salt pepper and spices. Thicken with butter and flour, then serve with fried bread croutons.
A tested recipe explains making German style yeast cakes using flour butter eggs milk sugar and salt. Dissolve yeast in warm milk blend with dry ingredients then add melted butter and eggs to form a soft dough. Let rise, roll, cut rounds, whip with egg wash, fill some with jelly, then stack with plain pieces.
The article suggests clear lemon or white wine gelatine with water cress for a meat course, plus beets or carrots scattered in jelly and mayonnaise for serving. It also describes a tomato jelly mould with a center tube filled with thick mayonnaise that overflows at the top.
A description of velvet fichus edged with fur worn as hooded accessories with street gowns, rosette ribbon bows, and long stole ends. White point d esprit net gowns with lace lines, glace silk bands, and white roses decorate shoulders. Floral clusters and rhinestones enhance bodices and skirts for a fashionable season.
Garnitures fall to the gown hem, roses tied in natural bunches with stems and foliage. Button roses are popular for the debutante’s first ball gown. Black and white gowns feature a short velvet bolero embroidered with jet lace for added elegance.
The Y M C A I 1 elected Patrick J O'Brien president for six months at a semi annual election in Stackpole street hall last evening. Officers named include John J Sullivan treasurer Rev Fr Lawrence O M I financial secretary John J McLaughlin recording secretary Eugene Queenen trustee James H Flood librarians Augustus Doyle and William McCarron marshal Walter Foye. O'Brien, born 1869, has long served in Y M C I activities and local groups and previously led the civil government class and chaired committees.
The First Baptist Sunday school held a Christmas festival in the church auditorium with Rev. George F. Kenngett presenting The Nativity using a stereopticon. The program featured illustrated fairy tales and songs by Mrs. W. H. Pepin including The Holy City and A Dream of Paradise.
The Catholic Young Men's lyceum of St Patrick's parish elected officers for six months. Ed J Carroll was named president with Ed J Boyle as vice president, John H Murphy recording secretary, Henry F Doran financial secretary, Rev Father McHugh spiritual director and treasurer, and Wm Barry as marshal.
The Kirk Street church children enjoyed a Christmas Eve program with two gift filled trees. Kindergarteners gathered for a holly decorated supper before presents, and the youngsters left happy after the evening’s exercises.
Castorita appears in a garbled adlike fragment referencing a familiar sales phrase from an old era. The readable bits show a brand name and a generic promise, with stray punctuation suggesting a shopping or product label.
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